Small potatoes (Off-Topic)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Wednesday, May 09, 2018, 13:41 (2179 days ago) @ Vortech

Due to production issues, and format change they OG S4 episodes were more variable in duration (some nearly double the length of a normal episode) and don't have the commercial break act structure imposed. They also had a Rashomon-style format where they followed a particular person's perspective through the same story time-frame with each episode, so really the season had no beginning or end. You could find information that changed your perspective of the other episodes no mater which one you watched first, or in which order.

Oh, right. Thanks.

I thought it was a genius way to use the binging and on-demand nature of Netflix to show a different form of storytelling, but clearly I was in the minority. Hurewitz revealed he had re-cut S4 into a more traditional structure many years ago, but this is the first time people have been able to see it.

*shrug* I can see why it's potentially interesting. I still don't remember WHY S4 didn't click as much for me. It might have had to do with the different structure. Or maybe it didn't.

I was actually in the middle of a re-Watch of S4 and so now I guess those episodes are just gone forever? It's kind of weird. I'm used to stuff disappearing without notice from Netflix but not their originals…

Nope, not gone forever. I saw this headline the other day, and went looking for it just now:

https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/4/17320060/arrested-development-season-4-remix-netflix

It's there, it was just taken out of the normal playlist by moving it to the "trailers and more" section, which I guess is being used like an "extras" disc in this case.